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After two years without a contract, unionized Chipotle workers call for nationwide boycott

Dec 4, 2024
After more than two years of bargaining for a union contract, workers at the country’s first unionized Chipotle restaurant are calling for a nationwide boycott unless they can get an agreement.
Members of the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters in Michigan protested outside the Lansing Chipotle earlier this year on behalf of the store's employees. Employees have been bargaining for a contract since November 2022. 
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Meet the workers who unionized the first Chipotle in the nation

Nov 14, 2022
The employees became the first in the nation to form a union at one of the fast food chain's restaurants.
Atulya Dora-Laskey (left), Harper McNamara (middle) and Samantha Smith (right) helped organize the unionizing efforts of the first Chipotle nationwide.
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